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A photograph of an open, dusty dirt field with small smoke plumes rising from several low brick-lined fire pits. About fifteen people sit cross-legged on raised brick platforms in rows facing away from the camera, most wearing white clothes and orange or saffron head cloths; a few wear white or grey turbans and one wears a dark maroon wrap. Water bottles, metal pots and a few small white statues or figures sit near the pits. Scattered wooden stakes, low white boundary walls and a bare horizon stretch behind them under a hazy sky.

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February 13 20072007-02-13February 12 20072007-02-12 +1 copiesOutdoor scene on bare dry earth at a Pancha Tapas practice, with small fires smoldering in shallow pits. Participants in plain white cloth sit cross-legged in rows, most wearing white head bandages that cover their eyes; some have rudraksha malas and bare shoulders. A bare-headed person in white sits in the foreground beside a stacked brick and a pit of ash. Further back, an orange-clad figure and a white-clad figure stand near a tree, and plastic buckets and a white plastic chair sit in the background beside a white boundary wall. No clear a person candidate is distinguishable by appearance.2007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 11 20072007-02-11 +1 copiesFebruary 11 20072007-02-11 +1 copiesOutdoor scene on bare reddish earth at dusk during a sacred fire ritual. Many devotees sit cross-legged in rows on small brick seats beside shallow dark fire pits with blackened ash and charred logs. Most wear white clothing with white head cloths, some with white shawls. In the foreground, a woman with hair tied up sits facing away, wearing a white dhoti-style garment and an orange and red patterned shawl, beside a pit with a charred log. Further back, a person in orange robes sits at the left edge near a low white building and a bucket. Palm trees and a wall line the distant background. Roughly 20 people are visible.2007-02-07A dusty open ground at a rural site with scattered small fire pits and smoke rising from the ground. Many people in plain white clothes sit in rows, many with white cloth wrapped over their heads and faces, some seated on bricks. One seated person in the foreground wears a saffron-orange shawl over the lower face and head. Another person at right holds a white cloth to the head. Behind them a white boundary wall, a small building, a water tank and palm trees under a pale sky.2007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a dusty open ground where a group of devotees sit in rows on low brick pedestals facing away from the camera. Most wear white clothing and white head wraps, several with orange or saffron cloths over the shoulders and orange head coverings, and one person in front wears a dark cap and a white shirt with a small printed logo. Small fire pits or dug depressions with ash and blackened wood sit in front of each seated person. Beyond them stand a white single-storey building, a concrete block wall, tall poles with flags and palm trees under a hazy sky. The overall scene is a sacred fire ritual performed by seated practitioners.2007-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20072007-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor scene on dry, dusty ground at hazy early morning with many seated participants in white clothing. Rows of shallow pits with blackened ash and charred wood sit before them, each person seated on a brick or raised platform beside a pit. A few wear orange or red shawls, and one woman in the foreground wears an orange-and-white shawl with a plastic water bottle beside her. A man in white with a white headband sits at right beside a charred log. Low white buildings and trees appear in the background, and a purple emblem with a bird is at the upper left. This appears to be a fire ritual setting with seated practitioners at their pits.2007-02-07A photograph of many participants seated cross-legged on bare, dusty ground at an outdoor fire-ritual site, each beside a small pit of charred ash and embers. Most wear white clothing and white head cloths. In the foreground, a man with his back to the camera wears a white shirt and white dhoti, and a young man at right in a white shirt, white dhoti and white headband sits with eyes lowered. Further back, figures in orange and red garments and a few in white are scattered across the field. Small clay pots sit near some pits, with a wooden log lying across the ground. Low buildings and trees stand in the hazy background, and a white building sits on a hill at the top.2007-02-07Outdoor photograph of many people seated in white clothes on bare dry ground at dusk, each seated beside a shallow fire pit with ash and smoke rising. Most wear white dhotis and white shawls, and several have white head cloths. In the foreground, a man in white with an orange-saffron shawl sits cross-legged, facing away from the camera beside a pit. Another seated person in white with a white head wrap is in the lower right. Stacked firewood and bare trees with hills in the background complete the scene.2007-02-02 +1 copies